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George Michael Biography, British Pop Star, Songwriter, Musician

George Michael Biography, British Pop Star, Songwriter, Musician

Introduction and Early Life: George Michael [June 25, 1963 – December 25, 2016] is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. After gaining worldwide fame as one-half of the pop duo Wham!, he embarked on a highly successful solo career in 1987. One of the most popular British pop stars of his generation, Michael has sold more than 100 million records …

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USA breaks Guinness world record: Largest Santa Run

USA breaks Guinness world record: Largest Santa Run

Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA – December 24, 2016 – A total of 5,025 race participants dressed in Santa suits crossed the finish line at the Surf-N-Santa 5 Miler in Virginia Beach, breaking the Guinness World Record for the Largest Santa Claus Run. Photo: A total of 5,025 race participants dressed in Santa suits crossed the finish line at the Surf-N-Santa …

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Ireland breaks Guinness world record: Largest gathering of people dressed as snowmen

Ireland breaks Guinness world record: Largest gathering of people dressed as snowmen

Newry, Northern Ireland – December 24, 2016 – The people of Newry have broken the Guinness world record for the world’s largest gathering of people dressed as snowmen; Newry sailed into the record books after it managed 398 people dressed as snowmen in one place. Photo: The people of Newry have broken the record for the world’s largest gathering of …

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Na Khowa Feasting Festival – Assam Harvesting Festival

Na Khowa Feasting Festival - Assam Harvesting Festival

With the mercury dipping, people in Assam, particularly in the rural areas, are switching to celebration mode with the Na Khowa festival, an age-old ritual of community feasts organised to thank the gods for a good harvest. The Na Khowa festival is essentially a prelude to Bhogali Bihu or Magh Bihu, the state’s annual feasting festival. While some families organise …

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Leo Grasset Book Review: How the Zebra Got its Stripes And Other Darwinian Just So Stories

Leo Grasset Book Review: How the Zebra Got its Stripes And Other Darwinian Just So Stories

Author: Leo Grasset (translated by Barbara Mellor) Publisher: Profile Books / Hachette India Pages: 162 Price: Rs 499 It was birthplace of the human race but that is not the only contribution of Africa to life on our planet. On its sprawling savannah can be seen many intriguing and inexplicable natural phenomena, spanning morphology (stripes/long necks), behaviour (deer warning signals) …

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Switzerland sets world record: Largest one-piece meat pie

Switzerland sets world record: Largest one-piece meat pie

Lausanne, Switzerland – December 21, 2016 – Chefs from the Swiss hotel management school Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne (EHL), in Lausanne, Switzerland, have created a giant meat pie: it weighed a giant 86.75kg and measured 160cm long, 78cm wide and 11cm high, thus setting the new world record for the Largest one-piece meat pie. Photo: This team of chefs created …

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